PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2018

BOTTLING / FILLING PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 09/18 www.petpla.net 35 PET bottle recycling tles and in 300ml, 500ml, and 1l return- able glass bottles (RGB). The company’s main competi- tors include Pepsi-Cola International (PCI) and RIHAM Harris International; its recent growth has been less than 0.38% p.a. Recycling procedures for plastic waste are centralised, and the need for recycling is urgent. Around 600t of plastic waste accrues each day in Kampala alone and more than half of it ends up in public spaces, according to the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). This topic is now a serious political issue and CCBA works closely with authorities including NEMA; the United States Agency for Interna- tional Development (USAID); the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID); and the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ). Around 120 different waste col- lectors in total deliver recyclable materi- als to PRI each month but it can utilise only around seven tonnes of the 600t of the capital city’s daily waste. In terms of its own PET bottle products, CCBA currently collects and recycles 34% of the packages it sells; this is expected to increase 40% by the end of the year. There is still some serious per- suasion needed so that recycling can become a reality across Uganda; the CCBA group has taken on the chal- lenge. Alongside the positive environ- mental aspects, the collection process provides work to an estimated 600 – 1,000 people. In the coming two years a focus will be put on stimulating employ- ment for women. Post-consumer plastic waste comes from landfill sites, public and private facilities, or just off the street. By 2030, Coca-Cola plans to recycle one bottle or can for every unit sold and wants to go beyond beverage production, developing Corporate Social Responsibility, environmental protection and recycling in the long term. PRI will be an important driver on a local level, where the goal is the same: to ensure that 100% of plastic packaging generated by Coca-Cola is within the recycling loop by 2030. Rwenzori Bottling Company entrance Century Bottling Company entrance CCBA’s CSD product line:  Coca-Cola, Coke Zero  Fanta Orange, Fanta Fruit Blast  Sprite, Sprite Zero  Schweppes Novida Pineapple, Schweppes C+, Schweppes Soda Water, Schweppes Tonic Water  Stoney Tangawizi, Stoney Zero  Krest Bitter Lemon  Power Play Energy Drink  Sparletta Pine Nut, Sparletta Cream Soda CCBA’s juice/RTD tea product line:  Minute Maid Orange, Minute Maid Mango, Minute Maid Berry Blast  Mazoe (Mango)  Fuze Tea Lemon Grass Flavour, Fuze Tea Peach Flavour CCBA’s water product line:  Dasani  Rwenzori Pure Natural Mineral Water CCBA’s set-up Uganda: Century Bottling Company (CBC) Kampala: 4 bottling lines Supplier:  3x Krones lines: 2x PET,1x RGB  1x RGB mixed line: Krones, KHS, Filtec Century Bottling Company (CBC) Mbarara: 2 bottling lines Supplier:  1x PET line: KHS  1x RGB mixed line: KHS, Filtec, EBI, Chantec Conveyors Rwenzori Bottling Company (RBC) Kampala: 5 bottling lines Supplier:  3x SMI (SMI Form)  3x Mesal  2x Husky (HyPET 225 P85/95 E85, G-Line GL 300 PET P100/110 E120)  4x Smargon (SMPA-2G, SM 220 CS, SMP-65, SMP-90)  1x Kronce (C32-R45) Plastic Recycling Industries (PRI): PET flake recycling line Suppliers:  1x Zerma Granulator (GSH- 500/600)  1x Zerma Granulator (GSH-1000) CCBA‘s PCO 1881 preform range at Century Bottling Company Kampala (2x) and Mbarara (1x) PET preform lines  15.9g, blue  18.72g, clear  18.72g, blue  18.72g, amber  18.72g, green  18.75g, clear  18.75g, green  21.00g, hotfill, clear  21.47g, clear  21.47g, amber  21.47g, green  29.20g, blue  33.00g, hotfill, clear  44.71g, clear  46.60g, clear CCBA‘s 29/25 preform range at Rwenzori Bottling Company Kampala plant  12.80g, blue  19.50g, blue  20.00g, blue  26.70g, blue  38.70g, blue  95.00g, blue  415.00g, blue At the end of 2006 Plastic Recy- cling Industries (PRI) was acquired by Rwenzori Bottling. Its factory, located in the Nakawa district of Kampala, between the city centre and the Century Bottling Company, employs 46 permanent staff and up to 120 in total, depending on demand. This company, one of the larg- est recyclers in Uganda, now belongs to CCBA Uganda.